Just like Olivier
One of California's top nurserymen and his wife debate the need for summer irrigation in their garden, which is dominated by native plants and those f…
Seasons: Spring
Kinzy Faire Clematis
One of the specialties of Kinzy Faire, an exceptional and extensive garden in Estacada, Oregon, is its collection of clematis, inspired by Linda Beutl…
Downsizing: It Just Suits Me
I discovered that the neighbors refer to my 350-square-foot studio as “the glass house,” most likely because the top of a twelve-foot-high window …
Future Feast in the Garden of Flow/Accumulation
On one magical weekend in September 2009, The Late Show Gardens turned the grounds of Cornerstone Sonoma into an exciting and inspiring garden festiva…
Kids Cultivating Healthy Futures
A dozen years before First Lady Michelle Obama (re-)popularized the idea of children tending their own gardens to raise healthy fruits and vegetables,…
Orchard Trees of Rancho Los Cerritos: Avocados
When hired to design the Bixby estate garden at Long Beach’s Rancho Los Cerritos in 1931, landscape architect Ralph Cornell included three different…
The Sustaining Garden
An old African proverb, “Little by little grow the bananas,” describes the evolution of the Korpinen Erickson garden, perched in the south-facing …
Sustainable in Seattle
Good intentions don’t always add up to the most beautiful gardens, but Jennifer Carlson’s little urban farm in Seattle is as attractive as it is e…
Landscape Plants for California Gardens
A highly regarded landscape architect, professor, and author, Bob Perry’s first two books, Trees and Shrubs for Dry California Landscapes (1981) and Landscape Plants for…